Europe's achievements in economic integration have attracted worldwide interest and are seen as an example for other regions to follow. Ten years after the completion of the Single Market Programme, this book is able to utilise empirical data not available to previous studies, also building on research by reputed academic experts and staff at the European Commission. - Съдържа: European Integration and the Functioning of Product Markets; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword; 1. Product market integration in the EU: an overview; 2. The impact of a single currency in Europe on product markets: theory and evidence; 3. Changes in the industrial and geographical diversifi cation of leading fi rms in European manufacturing; 4. Industrial concentration, market integration and effi ciency in the European Union; 5. The location of European industry; 6. Product market reforms and macroeconomic performance in the European Union.*